Great Czar’s Ghost

Every once in a while I have an extremely vivid dream.  Last night was one of those nights. 

 

I was in the duplex my grandfather owned in the 70’s.  It was sold shortly after my grandmother died.  He lived another 20 years.

 

But in this dream, he was already dead.  The house however, was furnished just like it was in the 70’s.  He was telling me that he is dead now and I need to give away everything in the house.  He wanted me to have all of his tools (he was a carpenter).  He helped me load up my car.  He gave me some other stuff, but I lost that in the post-dream fog.  But the most memorable part of the dream was when he started giving me all of his guns.  In real life he never owned guns.  He and I shared that conviction.  But in the dream, it was a veritable arsenal.  He gave me two 9mm, a sawed off shotgun and a hunting riffle. 

 

Then people started coming into the house and going through his things.  I was kind of upset, but he told me it was only natural.  When everything was gone, he told me he had to go.  I told him that I missed him terribly and asked him not to go.  We argued about it for a while and then I woke up.

 

I tend to believe that dreams are random nerve cells firing off during sleep.  But when I woke up, it was like I had really spent the day with him.  He has been dead for over 10 years now, so seeing him again was kind of cool.